The final two weeks of the HHC are set up beautifully, as New Palestine, Greenfield-Central and Pendleton Heights are in a three-way race for the conference championship. .
In our broadcast, the Cougars and Mt. Vernon were locked in a 0-0 tie through four quarters, as the defenses absolutely dominated. The teams' big-play players -- G-C's Matt Dickerson and MV's Tyler Dicks -- were slowed by some great linebacking corps. Dickerson had 31 rushing yards. Dicks had 51 on 21 carries.
Matter of fact, neither offense got too untracked. G-C had 155 yards of offense, MV had 138 -- including 121 in the second half. Neither team got inside the other's 15. In the second half, the Cougars drove to the MV 17 in the third, but was stopped on fourth-and-1. The Marauders drove inside the Cougar 20, but had a field goal blocked. Neither team threatened after that, but G-C's Derek Conley had two interceptions in regulation to thwart Marauder drives.
In the third quarter, the Cougars found something with a wildcat offense quarterbacked by Conley -- which proved effective in moving the ball. They went back to it in OT. On its possession, MV tried a halfback pass, but Brant Boles picked it off in the end zone for the Cougars' fourth takeaway of the night. On the Cougars' possession, Conley took the direct snap and carried behind the left side of the line for seven yards on first down, then bounced outside on the next play to score the game's only TD and give the Cougars a 6-0 victory in overtime.
It was G-C's fourth straight victory on the year, and the Cougars' fourth victory over Mt. Vernon in the last five meetings between the schools -- two of which have been decided in OT.
Both teams are now 5-2 overall. G-C is 4-1 in the HHC and tied with Pendleton Heights for second, MV is 3-2 and in fourth place.
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New Palestine 49, Shelbyville 13: The Golden Bears had a long run and an early TD, but the Dragons' defense turned two early Shelbyville fumbles into Connor Simmons touchdown passes and NP poured it on. Simmons threw four more TD passes to up his season total to 22. Brandon Collins and Josh Penley -- two of the state's leading receivers -- each caught a TD pass again and Austin Monday ran in a couple. The No. 1 Dragons are now 7-0 for the first time since 1992 and lead the HHC by a full game over G-C and PH.
Eastern Hancock 27, Wes-Del 6: The Royals got their running game going to get that second victory that had eluded them for weeks. EH has a tough test next week, traveling to unbeaten Shenandoah.
And in the HHC
Pendleton Heights 31, Yorktown 7: Coach John Broughton gets victory No. 200 in the Arabians' victory. One of the really great coaches in East Central Indiana, Coach Broughton's teams have really turned it on the last couple of years -- 16-4 in the last two seasons. The Arabians are now 6-1 (4-1) and tied with G-C for second place in the conference. They will face Rushville next week before hosting G-C in Week 9.
Delta 48, Rushville 22: The Eagles got their offense going in a big way in a victory over Rushville. Delta gets that elusive second conference win. The Eagles are now 2-3 in HHC play and in fifth place and 2-5 overall (4-3 overall on the field). Rushville is 2-5/0-5.
HHC standings
#1/4 New Palestine 5-0/7-0 (at G-C, at MV)
#10/9 Pendleton Heights 4-1/6-1 (vs. Rushville, vs. G-C)
Greenfield-Central 4-1/5-2 (vs. NP, at PH)
Mt. Vernon 3-2/5-2 (vs. Delta, vs. NP)
Delta 2-3/2-5 (4-3 on the field) (at MV, at Shelby)
Shelbyville 1-4/1-6 (vs. Yorktown, vs. Delta)
Yorktown 1-4/3-4 (at Shelby, at Rushville)
Rushville 0-5/2-5 (at PH, vs. Yorktown)
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